Guide to the Elwood Mead Collection

Collection — Box: 277

Identifier: H70-60

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Elwood Mead was a civil engineer, a professor at the State Agricultural College at Fort Collins, assistant State Engineer for Colorado, Territorial and State Engineer for Wyoming, a professor at the University of California, Chairman of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission in Melbourne, Australia, Chairman of the California Land Settlement Board, and U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation. This collection consists of correspondence from various persons and agencies concerning irrigation, instrumentation, evaporation experiments, railroad construction, references to John Wesley Powell, and personal and general matters.

Dates

1886-1890

Creator

Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936 (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Copy Restrictions

Limited duplication of print materials allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Extent

1 folder

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence from various persons and agencies concerning irrigation, instrumentation, evaporation experiments, railroad construction, references to John Wesley Powell, personal and general matters.